Telephone.



J. LAPIGKI.

TELEPHONE. APPLICATION FILED 0OT.26, 1911.

Patented J an. 16, 1912.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS JOHN LALPICKI, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

TELEPHONE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1912.

Application filed October 25, 1911. Serial No. 656,569.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LArroKI, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at De Kalb, in the county of Dekalb and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephones, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to telephones, and

the primary object of my invention is to provide a novel telephone apparatus that can be clamped upon a desk or other support to hold a transmitter and receiver in position to be conveniently used.

Another object of this invention is to provide a telephone with a tiltable receiver that controls the talking circuit of the telephone.

A further object of this invention is to provide a telephone apparatus consisting of comparatively few parts that are inexpensive to manufacture and easy to install.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of a telephone in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is a plan of a portion of the telephone, Fig. 4 is an enlarged front elevation of the same partly broken away and partly in section, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same.

The reference numerals 1 and 2 denote Ts connected by short sections of pipe 3 having the confronting ends thereof connected by a T bearing 4. Connected to the Ts 1 and 2 are pipes 5 that extend at right angles to the short pipes 3. The outer ends of the pipes 5 are provided with elbows 6 and short sections of pipe 7 these short sections being connected by a bearing T 8 that is similar to the T 4 and in alinement with said T. Revolubly mounted in the T bear- 'ings 4 and 8 are short-sections of pipe 9 supporting a receiver 10.

The short section of pipe 9 entering the T bearing 4 is provided with a plug 11 to which is secured a switch arm 12. The ends of this arm are hook-shaped, as at 13 and are adapted to engage pins or contacts 14, carried by the pipes 1 and 2.

The T 1 has a short section of pipe 15 provided with an elbow 16 to which a U shaped clamp 17 is connected, said clamp having a set screw 18, whereby the clamp can be attached to a desk or other support.

The T 2 has an angle support 19 for a transmitter 20.

The sections of pipe forming the telephone apparatus are tapped at various places, whereby wires 21 can be connected to the transmitter and wires 22 to the pins or contacts 14, the connection with the receiver being broken, when the receiver 10 is in a vertical position and the switch arm 12 at right angles to the apparatus. When the receiver 10 is swung to a horizontal position, whereby the ear can be easily placed against the end of the same, the arm 12 completes a circuit by engaging the pins or contacts 14, thus permitting of the receiver and transmitter being used for carrying on the conversation.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the apparatus comprises an upright having one end thereof provided with a transmitter and a rectangular frame in which is trunnioned a receiver, one of the trunnions having a switch arm that completes a talking circuit.

The apparatus can be finished to present a neat and attractive appearance and the clamp 17 permits of said apparatus being attached to any convenient support.

What I claim is l. A telephone apparatus comprising an upright, a rectangular frame carried thereby, a receiver trunnioned in said frame, and a switch arm carried by one of the trunnions of said receiver and adapted to complete a circuit with said receiver.

2. A telephone receiver comprising an upright, a transmitter carried by one end thereof, a rectangular frame supported by said upright, a receiver trunnioned in said frame, and a switch arm carried by one of the trunnions of said receiver and adapted to complete a talking circuit in connection with said receiver and said transmitter.

3. A telephone apparatus comprising an upright, a clamp carried by one end thereof, a transmitter carried by the opposite end thereof, a rectangular frame carried by said upright, a receiver trunnioned in said frame, and a switch arm carried by one of the trunnions of said receiver and adapted 10- to complete a talking circuit in connection with said receiver and said transmitter.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN LAPICKI. Vitnesses CHALI WAGNER, PIT SoBoLENsKI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

